Dave the Diver’s final DLC is a crossover with Subnautica 2, sending Dave and Bancho through a portal to Proteus, the ocean moon from Unknown Worlds’ survival game. Mintrocket revealed the free Subnautica 2 Content Pack at the Triple-i Initiative earlier today and is developing it with cooperation from Unknown Worlds, with a release planned for early 2027. On Proteus, players will discover new creatures and valuable resources, unlock strange new recipes, and help out new friends, all while dealing with periodic run-ins with Subnautica 2’s massive Leviathan.
Mintrocket studio director Jaeho Hwang said the team wanted its last expansion to feel especially meaningful, and that a Subnautica collaboration “is what players have been asking us about for a long time.” He added that while both games are set underwater, Subnautica’s distinct approach to underwater exploration gave Mintrocket a chance to bring something new to the Dave the Diver experience. Subnautica 2 creative director Anthony Gallegos called the expansion “a love letter to both Dave the Diver and the Subnautica universe.”
The Subnautica 2 Content Pack follows In the Jungle, the game’s largest story expansion, which launched in June and has already sold over one million units. As I said when Mintrocket announced last month that Dave the Diver had passed 10 million sales, it’s one of the most unique games I’ve played in the past few years, down to pouring the tea. Subnautica 2 entered Early Access on XBOX Series X|S and PC on May 14, and about 15 hours in with my group, I found it was pretty much everything I was hoping for.
